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[quote=Anonymous]I'm sort of in two minds about this. On the one hand you want your child's neurodiversity to be acknowledged and fully supported and so you look for schools that promote that. However in our experience those schools attract a higher than average number of kids who have these qualities and those can be coupled with behavior issues. This type of environment was actually incredibly dysregulating for our child. From the lack of clear routines and expectations to the mismanagement of behavior issues. Within a few weeks they were constantly needing fidgets, comfort items, would panic for small things etc. Perhaps copying the behavior they saw at school . It was exhausting because the neurodiversity we saw didn't really manifest in this way before. Fast forward to switching to a regular catholic parochial school and the fidgets are long gone, the morning struggles also. The behavior expectations are there, clearly spelled out, the uniform helps with morning indecisiveness and the ensuing meltdowns from having to pick the clothes that feel good on one day but not the next, and the classes, although somewhat predictable in our opinion and not exactly what you'd call innovative, are very structured and hold very few surprises. Our child is happy and thriving as a result, for the first time in years. All this to say for neurodivergent kids, sometimes we might be looking for the environment they want in the most accommodating places but that's not necessarily the one they actually need. Everyone's child is different though and every school will have different ways to accommodate need, down to the personality of the special education teacher. [/quote]

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